The Prehistoric World

Professor of archaeology at the University of Cambridge and expert on human prehistory Graham Clark lays before the reader a colorful mosaic of descriptions of primitive cultures from all corners of the globe, trying to explain why the first human settlements appeared, telling how they spread across the world, what stages of development the ancient civilizations we know went through, how their cultures differed and resembled each other. Clark gives us the opportunity to imagine how different the world was in prehistoric times from today, the climate in which our ancestors lived, how they obtained food, what type of dwellings they inhabited, what they wore, how their feelings were embodied in the first works of art, and how, gradually accumulating knowledge about the surrounding world, they improved their technologies.